The Devin Saga

For those of you following The Devin Saga, here's an update.

We met with the teachers (not the lead teacher, whose mother just passed away from cancer, but the assistant, the resource teacher, and the speech pathologist), and we found it to be a very helpful meeting. They weren't trying to punish Devin; they just didn't realize that Devin thought it was punishment when she was not allowed to play if she didn't say the words. Now that they understand, they will stop doing that, and will give her positive reinforcement to help her talk, and will do what they can to help her feel more comfortable in class.

They did start to get a little weird, wondering if they could raise their voice and such when she wasn't following directions. We had to clarify that our concern was only about punishing her for not talking, and that we didn't want her to feel like she was bad for being afraid.

We feel much more comfortable with the situation now.